Kanji1 / 8
阿 kanji
Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
アオ
Kun readings
おもねるくま
Words with 阿
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —曲学阿世prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times
- —阿弥陀経Sukhavati sutra
- —阿婆擦れbitch; shameless woman
- —阿鼻地獄Avici hell (the eighth and most painful of the eight hells)
- —阿付迎合ingratiation; sycophancy
- —阿諛迎合ingratiation; sycophancy
- —阿諛便佞flattery; adulation; sycophancy
- —阿弥陀堂temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
- —阿弥陀仏Amitabha
- —阿修羅道Asura realm
- —阿しゅくAkshobhya (the immovable buddha)
- —阿部沙魚Samoan mullet goby (Mugilogobius abei)
- —嘴黒阿比common loon (Gavia immer); great northern diver; great northern loon
- —阿毘達磨abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras
- —阿呆たれfool; idiot
- —阿武隈石abukumalite; britholite-(Y)
- —阿里巴巴Alibaba
- —阿摩美久Amamikyu (Ryukyuan religion creation goddess)
- —阿吽の呼吸the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
- —元の木阿弥ending up right back where one started